As longtime viewers of GameFront’s video content might be aware, our Mitchell Saltzman likes a lot of games. You might even say he goes a little easy on them from time to time.

But in this new series of video reviews, we’ve got another viewpoint to bring to balance of Mitch’s — that of Bitch, a nitpicky gamer who sees negatives in everything, and is generally kind of a dick about it.

Check out the video above for the most honest review you’re going to see of inFAMOUS: First Light, the stand-alone DLC for inFAMOUS: Second Son, because it’s actually two reviews: a forgiving, possibly over-apologetic one, and a brutal, more-negative-than-is-really-fair one. Be warned, there’s some NSFW language, so at least turn your speakers down.

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Fetch is back as a playable character — originally the neon sniper going on a rampage against Washington’s drug dealers, she’s now free and exploring painful memories of her tragic past. All that while zipping across the city using her improved neon abilities.

Sony is rolling out the long-awaited v1.70 update for the PlayStation 4 today. In addition to the removal of HDCP, the implementation of SHAREFactory, and the activation of automatic pre-download, there are a host of other new features included. Here’s the full list, with brief descriptions. You can see full descriptions and info on the PlayStation Blog.

SHAREfactory: New video customization app, shown off in the video above.

Automatic Pre-download: Auto-downloads pre-ordered games so you can play at launch.

Option to Disable HDCP for Games: Turn off HDCP to allow gameplay capture through HDMI.

USB Export Option for Captured Gameplay: Export gameplay videos to USB to take them to your PC.

Live Broadcasting in HD and Archiving Support: Live broadcast resolution increased to 720p.

On the PS Vita front, this update will also enable Automatic Device Registration, which will automatically detect and pair both systems when they’re both online and the same user is signed in to both devices. Hopefully, this will make remote play faster to get into.

Finally, this update will also add Push notifications to the PlayStation App for things like friend requests, game alerts, and invitations. You can also choose to receive these via text massage if you prefer.

It’s a fairly large update highlighted by some video features that a lot of people have been waiting on. It’s nice to see that Sony followed through on their promise to disable HDCP on the PS4. If you’re trying out SHAREFactory, lets us know what you think of the new addition in the comments below.

Sony has announced that the upcoming 1.70 update for PlayStation 4 will add two major features: SHAREfactory, and the ability to turn off HDCP.

SHAREfactory, described by Sony as a “rich video editor app,” will allow gamers to combine captured videos, add filters and transitions, and share them to friends and social networks. It will also include tools to personalize your videos, like stickers, text, and commentary through picture-in-picture capability using the PlayStation Camera. You can also add audio from the included tracks, or import your own custom music. Once your video is all done, you can share it to Facebook, or export it to an external USB drive.

Even though all of these SHARE enhancements are nice, they pale in comparison to the other big change this update is bringing: the ability to switch off HDCP. If you aren’t familiar with this one, the ability to disable HDCP means that you’ll be able to capture gameplay video directly from your HDMI cable. This is a feature we’ve been waiting on since before the PS4 launched.

Finally, the 1.70 update will also add the ability to automatically pre-download games that you’ve pre-ordered, so that you can start playing immediately at launch.

All of these features are welcome additions to the PS4, and Sony says that there are still more features included that are yet to be announced. There’s no word yet on when the update will roll out, but as soon as we hear, we;’ll let you know.

PS4 sales jumped 106 percent in the UK following the release of Infamous: Second Son.

The boost, which was reported by an anonymous retail source, coincided with the game’s own strong sales which left it in the number one spot of the UK’s gaming charts. PS4 sales have previously been strong in the region, but were briefly eclipsed by the Xbox One which saw a 96 percent boost in its own retail performance following the release of the highly anticipated Titanfall.

Second Son’s sales have also overshadowed other recent releases. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes was, up until recently, enjoying a top position on the UK charts until it was supplanted by Second Son. In fact, as far as PS4 games are concerned, the only other more successful title on the platform has been Killzone: Shadow Fall which was, of course, a launch game. Second Son is, nonetheless, the first PS4 title to claim the top slot in the UK charts.

For Episode 20 and the future, we’re bringing in GameFront’s full team: producers James Heany and Mitchell Saltzman of the GameFront video crew, podcast mainstays Managing Editor Ron Whitaker and Senior Editor Phil Hornshaw, and for the first time ever, GameFront Editor-in-Chief Janelle Bonanno.

Since the day started with the announcement of the French Revolution-based Assassin’s Creed: Unity, we start by discussing that, before moving on to Janelle’s recent preview of the upcoming MMO WildStar, Mitchell and James’ time spent with Infamous: Second Son and Dark Souls 2, everybody’s insidious addiction to Hearthstone, and what we think about multiplayer shooter Titanfall.

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Get the inside info on the secrets, extras, and cheats of Infamous: Second Son right here on our compendium of links. Because cheats are so rare in gaming these days, we’ve expanded the scope to include anything that’ll enhance your gaming experience. That includes guides, collectible locations, or anything else we can uncover.

With Cole gone we move onto the second generation of Conduits in Infamous: Second Son, and there’s plenty of trophies to earn in the next-gen representation of Seattle.

Once again, you’ll have a city to explore and bad guys to beat-down while parkouring across the skyline. If you’re evil inclined, you might consider blasting innocent civilians on your daily rounds, while the good guys can heal injured people instead. How you play changes the trophies you’ll earn, so check the full list below.

Wield destructive powers and bring salvation or destruction to Seattle with Game Front’s video guide to Infamous: Second Son.

After the explosive events of Infamous 2, the world has become fearful of the “conduits” — super-powered individuals that almost brought about the apocalypse. An oppressive paramilitary organization keeps control in the locked-down streets of Seattle, and it’s up to new hero Delsin to free the people.

Pulled by someone out of thin air, we have a five-minute look at gamesplay in the much-anticipated PS4 exclusive title InFamous: Second Son. Watch and enjoy all the anti-aliasing and particle effects we’ve been enjoying for years on PC and which console people are finally getting to experience for the first time this week. Hooray for everyone! Oh, wait, Second Son is coming out in a few months, not tomorrow. Great!

We’d previously seen some daytime gameplay this summer. You should watch that too so you can fully appreciate the attractiveness of this game you cannot play on your PS4 tonight.

Travis Willingham is a voice actor, but he is not as well known in the video game community as Laura Bailey, his wife, or Troy Baker, his best friend. That may soon change, however, as Willingham is co-starring in inFamous: Second Son with Baker and Bailey. Not only is publisher Sony allowing the cast to tell people they are in the game — actually quite unusual in the game industry — they also asked the trio to host a panel at the Penny Arcade Expo last month to promote it.

Baker became an “it” figure in game acting after receiving significant publicity for his roles in Bioshock Infinite and The Last of Us earlier this year. Willingham witnessed this process firsthand, which gave him some perspective on how actually being acknowledged by name by the media and the gaming community might change his life.

Specifically, he knows that it won’t, because he says that playing the lead role in a high-profile, big-budget game is and always will be nothing like being an actor whose name is on a movie poster.

“There’s always been this conversation of ‘will voice actors ever have this notoriety or celebrity that other actors get in other media,’” Willingham told me as we sat in a Los Angeles burger joint. “My opinion is no.”

“I don’t think we’ll ever get to the point where you’ll see a video game with some actor’s name on the front cover like you do in movies*…I don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing. I, for one, love anonymity. Really. We get to work on projects that we play ourselves [as gamers]. We get to work for companies we’ve grown up reading our entire lives, like Marvel and DC, which is just masturbatory for us.”

Willingham, like most folks who work primarily as voice actors, isn’t limited to one particular medium; he has worked and continues to work in animation as well, both Western and anime. His work history is more diverse than one would expect from the average screen actor’s filmography; he’s gone from playing Love Aikawa in Bleach to Thor in Avengers Assemble to the anthropomorphization of the BSAA in Resident Evil 6 and on and on. In all, he has 158 credits listed on IMDB across movies, TV and games, and because voice actors are often not credited for their work in games, that number does not fully represent his body of work.

“We’ve been afforded this great ability to camouflage ourselves as whatever we want, where we’re not limited by our face our body type, our accent or the way our voice sounds,” Willingham said, describing what he sees as a major key to a successful voice acting career. “If it’s easy to pick you out, some companies don’t want to be hamstrung by that. They want to create something new or something bold or fresh. The last thing they want to do is get someone they’ve heard before.”

Note he said “some companies.” There are obvious exceptions, particularly Nolan North, famous for voicing Uncharted’s Nathan Drake. Willingham brought up the fact that in Saints Row IV, when you choose which voice your character will have, the only option that isn’t anonymous like “Female #1″ or “Male #3″ is “Nolan North.” If you choose North, your character will make some fourth-wall-breaking references to the actor’s real existence. North is one of the few voice actors who have enough exposure for that to work, and that’s why the exceptions are, well, exceptions.